REBECCA H.

BABYAK, PMP
Naples, Florida
bbabyak@gmail.com 614.404.1321
IT Project | Program Manager
Software & RDBMS Development | Enterprise & Infrastructure Implementations
Experienced project manager offering 15 years of success leading all phases of
diverse technology projects; PMP certified, degree in Computer Science, minor in
Mathematics. Seven years of computer programming and business experience.
Business strategist; plan and manage multimillion-dollar projects aligning business
goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive
advantage and bottom-line gains.
Excellent communicator; leverage technical, business and financial expertise to
communicate effectively with stakeholders, client executives and their respective
teams.
Expert in agile and waterfall project management methodologies. Able to
manage large project teams and known for high-quality deliverables that meet or
exceed timeline and budgetary targets.

Skills Summary
Project Management:
Custom Software Development
Database Design (RDBMS)
Database
Migrations/Integrations
Enterprise wide
Implementations
IT Project Lifecycle:
Risk Management
Requirements Analysis
ROI Analysis
Costing & Budgeting
Project Scheduling
Testing/QA/Rollout/Support
Value-Added Leadership:
Cross-Functional Supervision
Team Building & Mentoring
Client Relations &
Presentations
Business & IT Planning
Vendor Management

Career Progression
OCLC (Dublin, OH) Director, Portfolio Manager, Database Services, 2003-2011
OCLC (Dublin, OH) Department, Program Manager, Database Systems, 2001-2003
OCLC (Dublin, OH),Technical Project Manager, 1999-2001

Achievement Highlights:
Mitigated risk factors through careful analysis of financial and statistical data.
Identified, prioritized, mitigated and monitored risks to meet or exceed project
schedule and budget.

Led teams successfully through all phases of the project life cycle. Focused teams on
business objectives and tracked progress to ensure project milestones were
completed on time, on budget and with the desired results.
Defined processes and tools best suited to each project. Chosen to represent over
300 developers in the rollout of a new Project Development Life Cycle. Moved
between agile and waterfall approaches depending on project specifics and client
goals, creating detailed project road maps, plans, schedules and work breakdown
structures.

Representative Projects
System Integrations/Migrations: Project-managed large-scale initiatives involving
the transition of programs to new operating systems, large database migrations
(Oracle 9-11g), and acquired database and software products. Results: Achieved
seamless migrations and integrations that were transparent to client customers
Custom Software Developments: Managed all phases of the software development
lifecycle (SDLC) for dozens of custom solutions. Including partnering with Google to
index and optimize searches for retrieval.
Results: Improved company recognition and completed the proof of concept for new
product developments resulting in increased revenue.
Enterprise Implementations: Directed the design, implementation, testing and
rollout of new infrastructure/database software that was used throughout the
enterprise. Risk mitigation was crucial as this included movement of the highest
revenue generating products. Results: Ensured movement of all products with no
unscheduled downtime through careful planning, testing and QA efforts.
Database Developments: Guided teams in the development of a combination of
Oracle, and proprietary RDBMS software. Results: Improved the consistency,
recoverability and accessibility of data.
Infrastructure Implementations: Directed and resourced staff to maintain existing
infrastructure and complete large-scale improvement projects. Results: Data loading
throughput increased by over 40%.

Education & Credentials
BS in Computer Science (GPA: 3.89), Youngstown State University
PMI-Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
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